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The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener
Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times. In The Essential Canon of Classical Music, David Dubal comes to the aid of the struggling listener and provides a cultural-literacy handbook...
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2007 Arts Club of Washington's National Award for Arts Writing - Finalist
SEE ALSO: Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting.
An inside look into the beats, lyrics, and flow of hip-hop's history
With roots that stretch from West Africa through the black pulpit, hip-hop emerged in the streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s and has spread to the farthest corners of the earth. To the Break of Dawn uniquely...
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The definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Enemy, Napalm Death, and more.
More than 30 years after Black Sabbath released the first complete heavy metal album, its founder, Ozzy Osbourne, is the star of The Osbournes, TV's favourite new reality show. Contrary to popular belief, headbangers and...
4) Rockstar
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Global icon and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dolly Parton, has joined forces with some of rock music's most legendary artists along with today's biggest stars for her first-ever rock album. The ever-evolving Parton teamed up with an all-star roster of musicians for the 30-song collection which includes nine original tracks and 21 covers of iconic rock anthems.
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A seafaring book filled with songs from Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers, a wild band of Nashville musicians who dress like pirates and play a rollicking mix of piratical sing-alongs, rousing historical rave-ups, afro-cuban tinged ballads, Cajun sea shanties, and bluesy Irish jigs, transforming big festivals, performing arts centers, and urban nightclubs into bustling seaside taverns at the turn of the seventeenth century. Pyrate magazine called...
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Easy guitar arrangements for all 16 tracks on Taylor's blockbuster album: All Too Well * Begin Again * Everything Has Changed * Holy Ground * I Almost Do * I Knew You Were Trouble * The Last Time * The Lucky One * Red * Sad Beautiful Tragic * Starlight * State of Grace * Stay Stay Stay * Treacherous * 22 * We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Includes standard notation and tablature.
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Stepping out of her comfort zone with her former best friend Beat Dawkins to convince their mothers to perform one last concert on Christmas Eve, Melody Gallard, the daughter of music royalty, discovers a decades-old scandal threatens to wreck everything--the reunion, their relationships with their mothers and their newfound love.
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Get the Summary of Anne Wilson's My Jesus in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "My Jesus" by Anne Wilson is a poignant narrative that intertwines the author's childhood dreams, family bonds, and the tragic loss of her brother Jacob. Anne's early aspirations of becoming an astronaut are nurtured by her supportive family and her passion for space. Her meticulous nature contrasts with her siblings' free-spiritedness,...
10) Keiko Abe y la marimba: Historia, análisis e interpretación musical del Dream of the Cherry Blossoms
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La interpretación de la obra para marimba Dream of the Cherry Blossoms, de la artista japonesa Keiko Abe, origina numerosas preguntas como consecuencia de su distancia cultural y la complejidad de su composición. El presente libro es el resultado de una búsqueda que coloca a la interpretación (y al intérprete) en el centro de sus reflexiones.
El camino de Abe para convertir a la marimba en un instrumento sinfónico, su riqueza compositiva y las...
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Get the Summary of Peter Guralnick's Last train to Memphis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Last Train to Memphis" chronicles the early life and rise to fame of Elvis Presley, from his humble beginnings in Tupelo, Mississippi, to his induction into the U.S. Army. Born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in 1935, Elvis grew up in a loving yet financially unstable household. His musical journey began in church and continued...
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Nuestra música popular argentina, compuesta por grandes poetas y compositores, tan rica en su esencia, desde siempre nos inspiró y motivó a nosotros, los arregladores, a escribir nuestras propias versiones, siempre con el objetivo de servir a sus creadores y de ofrecer un cancionero de nuestra música, enriqueciendo así el repertorio de nuestros coros y grupos vocales.
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"Essays Before a Sonata" by Charles Ives. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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Get the Summary of Wille Nelson's It's a Long Story in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "It's a Long Story," Willie Nelson recounts his life from a financially troubled period in the early 1990s, owing $32 million in taxes, to his humble beginnings in Abbott, Texas, during the Great Depression. Raised by his grandparents, Nelson developed a deep love for music, which was further nurtured by his community and the...
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Get the Summary of Burt Bacharach & Robert Greenfield's Anyone Who Had a Heart in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is the memoir of Burt Bacharach, detailing his life from his early years to his rise as a legendary composer and songwriter. The book delves into Bacharach's formative experiences, including his family's background, his struggles with fitting in due to his Jewish heritage, and...
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Get the Summary of Pattie Boyd's Wonderful Tonight in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Pattie Boyd's memoir "Wonderful Tonight" recounts her life from a tumultuous childhood to her marriages with George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Born during World War II, Boyd's early years were marked by her parents' strained marriage and her stepfather's strict discipline. Her modeling career took off in the swinging London of...
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Debbie Kruger speaks at length with 45 of the most celebrated Australian & New Zealand songwriters of the twentieth century, whose work has left an indelible cultural imprint on our cultural landscape. In candid, face-to-face interviews, the songwriters discuss their successful careers, share their thoughts on tapping into their creative sources and tell the stories behind many of theor classic songs.
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Robert Soubeyran war Professor für Musikwissenschaft am regionalen Nationalkonservatorium für Musik in Montpellier, Organist, Pädagoge und Komponist. Ihm ist die Unterstützung durch große Lehrer wie Olivier Messiaen zugutegekommen.
Allerdings war es die Begegnung mit Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, durch die er die Fragen beantwortet bekam, die sich seiner Musiker-Seele stellten, so dass er den lichtvollen Pfad fand, nach dem er sich sehnte.
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